| Summary: | ignivity According to Mr. Murphy ( Mr. Peter Murphy, 70, of Crawley's Island) lanyards were the more traditional devices on vessals [sic] for tightening the shrouds. They were l ater replaced by screwbuckles. The lanyard consisted of two deadeyes (flat, circular pieces of a type of hardwood known as ignivity) with three holes each, connected together by a length of "spun yarn" (rope). On the top the deadeye was attached to the shroud and on the bottom it was fastened to a flatiron. The flatiron was a piece of metal attached to the sides of the craft and the shroud was what we might call a guy wire, running from near the top of the sp ar to the lanyard (see diagram DNE-cit [see also diagram on back of 'lanyards'] JH FEB 1973 Not used Not used Not used Reverse side of card at I_13140
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